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Trends in paediatric and adult bloodstream infections at a Ghanaian referral hospital: a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Bloodstream infections (BSI) are life-threatening emergencies. Identification of the common pathogens and their susceptibility patterns is necessary for timely empirical intervention. METHODS: We conducted a 4-year retrospective analysis of blood cultures from all patients excluding neon...

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Autores principales:	Obeng-Nkrumah, Noah, Labi, Appiah-Korang, Addison, Naa Okaikor, Labi, Juliana Ewuramma Mbiriba, Awuah-Mensah, Georgina
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2016
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4991019/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27539221 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12941-016-0163-z

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